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211 Father's last wish

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    Sure enough, more people came this morning.  My wife and I are in charge of all the reception, and other chores are arranged by my cousin. Therefore, for a while, my mother was free.

    At first, my mother just quietly accompanied my father by the ice coffin.  We can all see the sadness in the mother's heart.  At that time, I was a little worried, afraid that someone would cry like my aunt did last night, which would cause my mother's grief to burst out of control.  Fortunately, all the people who came here came to kowtow politely, and then either left immediately to work on their own affairs, or sat down beside the ice coffin to chat with acquaintances and express their emotions.

    The mother's seniority in the village is very high, even if she doesn't greet people, no one will say anything.  However, the mother, who was not fully inspired by the sadness in her heart, soon realized that she should express her gratitude to the people who had not yet left.  Mother still pays more attention to etiquette.  In fact, this is also very good.  A mother with something to do can easily be distracted from grieving.

    In the process of talking with people, my mother gradually remembered my father's last wish.  My mother said that maybe my father didn't know that he was about to pass away (this is not necessarily true, I always feel that my father's abnormality in the last few days is because he has realized that his death is approaching), so he didn't explain it like other people  .  The mother said that in the end, the father only cared about his coffin.  After many corrections by us, now my mother finally figured out which one is bigger, the 16th paragraph or the 12th paragraph.  The mother emphasized that the only last wish of the father was to have a twelve-stage coffin.

    The matter about the coffin has been mentioned to everyone before.  Because of the influence of feudal superstition, my mother mentioned to my father about using a coffin for celebration.  It seems to me that it was precisely because of the mother's mention of the coffin that the wise father finally realized that his situation was not good.  It was precisely because of the strong mental shock that my father behaved abnormally in the last three days.  Now that things have happened, it won't help to blame the mother anymore.  Since we haven't said anything, so until now, my mother doesn't think she has done anything wrong.  When talking about the coffin, my mother always said complacently that if she hadn't boldly told about Chongxi, maybe my father wouldn't even have the chance to tell his last, only and greatest wish.  Of course, if my mother's words didn't irritate my father, then maybe there's nothing wrong with my mother being pleased about it.  However, even if I think that my mother has done something wrong, for the sake of my mother's feelings, I will never speak out the guesses in my heart.  In fact, every time this matter is mentioned, the mother can be complacent, which is not a bad thing for the mother.  At the very least, such emotions can dilute the sadness in the mother's heart to a certain extent.

    Perhaps it was because my father felt that his time was approaching, so he was particularly enthusiastic about the coffin.  Therefore, within three days after my mother mentioned this matter, my father would talk a lot about coffins whenever he met, and emphasized that he wanted a high-quality twelve-stage coffin.

    It is precisely because of my father's special attention that after I came home on Sunday, I began to work hard on the matter of my father's coffin.  My father's carpenter classmate and I went to check the coffin shop not far from home. Unfortunately, there was no twelve-stage coffin shop in that coffin shop.  Later, I asked my second uncle, who was relatively knowledgeable, to accompany my father's carpenter classmate to other coffin shops to choose.  That day, after we went to the urban area, my second uncle did go to see it with my father's carpenter classmate, and found a large coffin shop that can make twelve sections.  However, before I had time to decide whether to order it at that house, that is, early in the morning of the next day, something happened to my father.

    Because of his father's vomiting blood, because his father went to the Municipal People's Hospital for emergency treatment, and because he was busy with his father's funeral So the custom-made twelve-section coffin had to be temporarily postponed.

    Today is the third day. After being busy last night and this morning, my father's funeral is gradually getting on the right track.  Under such circumstances, the mother will bring up the old matter again and talk about the father's last wish again.

    I lived in a completely different era from my parents when they were young, so my ideas and concepts are very different from theirs.  The reason why my father emphasized the need for a twelve-stage coffin was actually based on two considerations.  One is to take care of our face.  Parents are pretty decent people.  From my father's point of view, if I want a high-quality or even top-quality product in the coffin, then for me, I will earn a lot of face.  From now on, whenever Murakami mentioned his father's funeral, he would give his thumbs up sincerely.  This is a typical example of parents "suffering to save face".  My father didn't know, and I actually didn't really care what other people said.  I am a firm believer in "go your own way and let others do the talking".  What's more, my father didn't consider my financial affordability.  It's too ordinary for meFor the salaried class, buying 12-dan is definitely not a small financial burden.  The second is to consider himself.  Influenced by feudal superstition, my father always believed that after death, people would go to another world and live in another world.  The coffin is the abode of life in another world.  My father hoped that after his death, he could have a good place to live.  The coffin, but after going to another world, the place where he lived for the rest of his life, of course his father would be cautious.  In his father's view, only when he can live well in another world will he have the energy to protect his descendants in the yang world.  Although, these days, my atheism has been shaken a bit, although I hope I can believe in ghosts and gods, but the belief that I have persisted for decades is not so easy to change.  I think that the so-called "soul" must disappear with the disappearance of the body.  Therefore, whether there is a coffin will not have any impact on the deceased at all, let alone consider the quality of the coffin.

    I don't have any vanity, so I don't feel bad about face at all; I don't believe in ghosts and gods, so I don't think that the coffin will become my father's residence; I pursue the concept of green consumption, so I think using a coffin after death is not only a waste,  At the same time, it will also pollute the environment If I think about it myself, then I may not choose to buy a coffin, I will at most buy an urn for my father, so it is impossible to buy the fine products in the coffin¡ªTwelve paragraphs  .

    But, can I really do this?  Although the father has passed away, the mother is still alive.  I can ignore my father, but I have to consider my mother's feelings.  Mother has made it clear that no matter what, she will help father realize his last and only wish.  I know what my mother meant when she expressed her opinion to everyone in front of me.  So, I followed suit without hesitation: "Okay, then buy a twelve-segment one!" (Remember the website website: www.hlnovel.com
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